Barau football club has expressed deep sorrow over the unfortunate motor accident involving 22 members of the Kano state contingent to the National Sports Festival.
The Independent Mirror reports that the athletes were returning from the 22nd National Sports Festival, known as ‘Gateway Games 2024’, held in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
In a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday, the Barau FC chairman Ambassador Ibrahim Shitu Chanji, on behalf of the management, officials, coaches, players condoled the families of the deceased athletes, the Kano state government, the sports commission and the entire people of the state.
Ambassador Chanji prayer for Allah SWT grants all those who lost their lives Jannatul Firdaus and quickens the recovery of the injured.
Signed
Ahmad Hamisu Gwale
Barau FC Media Officer.
31/05/2025.
